EastLink's OnDemand Advantage just got even more compelling!

HALIFAX, Oct 4 /CNW/ - As of today, EastLink customers can watch the most Popular Prime Time Global TV shows anytime they want with EastLink OnDemand.

No worries if you miss the latest episode of your favourite prime time program. With Global TV now OnDemand, EastLink Digital TV customers can watch popular TV series like Survivor, Glee, Bones, Days of our Lives, The Young and the Restless, ET Canada, NCIS, Family Guy, The Good Wife, Hawaii 5.0 and more, anytime they want. And it's free!!

"We understand that OnDemand programming is preferred by a growing number of consumers. Over and above the thousands of hours of OnDemand services we already offer, Global TV OnDemand is a prime example of just how hard we're working to deliver more," says Deborah Shaffner, President and COO EastLink.

More about Global TV and EastLink OnDemand:

• Available to all Digital customers where EastLink OnDemand is offered
• New content from Global TV will be continually refreshed each day
• The majority of programming available the day following the original broadcast
• "Global On Demand" is accessible via the main OnDemand menu as well as in the "Free Zone"
• EastLink OnDemand gives you the ability to pause, rewind and fast forward just like your VCR or DVD Player.

With a simple touch of a button, EastLink OnDemand offers EastLink Digital Customers access to a vast library of content including New releases and Old Favourites Movie Rentals, The Movie Network (TMN), HBO, Popular TV Series, and Access to major events including UFC, Children's programming including Treehouse and YTV, Karaoke, EastLink TV community programming including exclusive coverage of Quebec Major Junior Hockey, Atlantic University Sports football, hockey and basketball, and Halifax Rainmen professional basketball.

EastLink continuously invests in the most advanced TV, Internet and Phone services over its state of the art fibre network. Global TV OnDemand is the latest in a series of EastLink product advancements including its industry leading Internet speeds scalable from 5 to 100 Mbps, more High Definition TV programming, digital video recorders (DVR) and competitive phone service to even more regions across Canada.

About EastLink:

At EastLink, creativity, ingenuity and innovation are the driving forces behind our great products and services. With more than 1,500 employees, EastLink provides a range of communications, entertainment, television and advertising services to residential, business and public sector customers in Atlantic Canada, Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia.

EastLink has the distinction of being the first cable company in Canada to enter the telephone market, and the first communications and entertainment company in North America to combine cable, Internet and telephone service in a communications and entertainment bundle. EastLink is one of the fastest internet providers in North America.

EastLink has been recognized as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for the past four years, and its parent company, the Bragg Group, was named Canada's Family Enterprise of the Year for 2009. For more information on EastLink, please visit eastlink.ca.

For further information:

Jill Laing
Public and Media Relations, EastLink
o. 902.446.1939
c. 902.488.5283
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